truck hanging off overpass - traffic accident (india)

truck hanging off overpass - traffic accident (india)

Truck hanging off a bridge after serious traffic accident (India)

The accident happened shortly before, and the truck drivers (or what was left of them) had already been removed from the wreck.­

It may look strange that the guardrail seems intact In fact a good section of the guardrail was destroyed (you can see the broken guardrail on this photo).­ The truck must have been going pretty fast when it flew off the bridge and hit the ground pretty fast and then rotated into a near vertical position after its front smashed the ground.­

Approximately 140,000 people die from traffic accidents every year in India.­

The swastika (卐) is a Hindu symbol of auspiciousness or good luck, and it is painted on almost all trucks in India, as a good luck charm to protect against traffic accidents.­ Its efficiency is not scientifically proven :)